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RFC 1866 - 5.7. Phrase Markup

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### 5.7. Phrase Markup

Phrases may be marked up according to idiomatic usage, typographic appearance, or for use as hyperlink anchors.

User agents must render highlighted phrases distinctly from plain text. Additionally, <EM> content must be rendered as distinct from <STRONG> content, and <B> content must rendered as distinct from <I> content.

Phrase elements may be nested within the content of other phrase elements; however, HTML user agents may render nested phrase elements indistinctly from non-nested elements:

       plain <B>bold <I>italic</I></B> may be rendered
       the same as plain <B>bold </B><I>italic</I>

5.7.1. Idiomatic Elements

5.7.1.1. Citation: CITE
5.7.1.2. Code: CODE
5.7.1.3. Emphasis: EM
5.7.1.4. Keyboard: KBD
5.7.1.5. Sample: SAMP
5.7.1.6. Strong Emphasis: STRONG
5.7.1.7. Variable: VAR

5.7.2. Typographic Elements

5.7.2.1. Bold: B
5.7.2.2. Italic: I
5.7.2.3. Teletype: TT

5.7.3. Anchor: A

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